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[email protected] Since 1994 Printed every fortnight On-line every day, 24/7 Bonaire Reporter- Aug. 27-Sept. 10, 2010, Page n ning after much debate with a 17 XThe Dutch Ministry of Table of Contents O -4 vote margin. This was a step Housing, Spatial Plan- This Week’s Stories Friday, necessary to formalize the crea- ning and the Environ- th the13 , tion of new countries St. Maarten ment (Ministerie van Waste Water Treatment Plant 2 Bonaire’s and Curaçao, allow the BES is- Volkshuisvesting, Ruim- Power Plus For Bonaire –Operation planned lands Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and telijke Ordening en Mi- (part 5) 3 referen- Saba, to become part of Holland lieubeheer- VROM) Parrot watch– Loras Grow Up 6 Letters to the Editor -Power Plus, Salinja dum was postponed until fur- and dismantle the existing Neth- signed an agreement ther notice. The Island Council erlands Antilles on October 10. Vllijt 7 with the Bonaire Execu- Nature Report 7 adopted an amendment stating a A two-thirds majority was tive Council to provide a Tonky Frans-Stichting Project Ambassa- referendum would be held “on a needed for approval. The mem- temporary waste water dor 10 date to be determined later per bers of Parliament from DP- purification system. Congratulations Daysi 10 Island Ordinance.” Statia, the Democratic Party of The waste waters from Three Generations of Pianists 10 The action effectively cancelled Bonaire, and the two members the hotels in the coastal area will be removed by vacuum tankers.